Railway system.



Patented May 6, I902.

J. n. REED.

RAILWAY SYSTEM.

(Application filed J uIy 28, 1898. Renewed Nev. 26, 1900.)

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

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' J. D. REED.

RAILWAY SYSTEM.

Application filed July 28, 1898. Renewed Nov. 26, 1900.]

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN DEEEING REED, OF BOSTON, MASSAoHUSErTs;

RIAILWAY SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,289, dated May 6, 1902. Application filed July 28, 1898. Renewed November 26, 1900. Serial No. 37,810- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN DEERING REED, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Systems, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of railway systems; and it has for its object to improve the construction thereof and to construct an entirely metallic system for either steam or street railways; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter.

Of the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the two rails of a railroad embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of one of the rails of the track shown in Fig. 1 viewed from the middle of the track and looking upon the end of one of the drainchutes hereinafter referred to. section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the construction herein described each railA is supported by abase-support a, which preferably rests upon the road-bed, although it is evident that timber cross-ties may be employed, upon which said base-support may rest; but when an all-metal construction is desired metallic cross-tie gage-bars b' are provided, the ends of which are secured to the under side of the base-supports a a by means of bolts b, and said bolts 1) may also serve to maintain in position rail-head angle-bars d, the functions of which latter are hereinafter set forth. These base-supports a consist of fiat plates, which are considerably wider than the bases of the rails and which rest solidly upon the supports provided therefor. The bars bserve to hold the rails A the proper distance apart.

Means are provided whereby the base-supports a and rails carried thereby are secured in position upon the road-bed, so that alllatoral or other displacement thereof is prevented, and said means is herein shown as embodied in a drain-chute,'which is firmly attached to the base-support a and which is buried in the road-bed and serves to drain ofi waterfrom between the tracks,as well as to anchor the latter in position upon the road-bed.

O G 0 represent the drain-chutes, which are arranged at intervals throughout the length Fig. 3 is a of the base-support a and rail carried there- 4 by, and said drain-chutes preferably alternate with the gage-bars b and also alternate in position under the two rails of track, as shown in Fig. 1.

Each drain-chute Cis preferably construct- U ed of a single piece of sheet metal so formed and slitted as to be capable of being bent into the desired shape. Each drain-chute comprises a bottom 0 and sides 0 c, and the bottom 0 is formed at each end thereof with a projecting ledge 0 while each side 0 is formed with a recess 0 in which rests the base-support a, and said recesses are formed by slitting the side walls c and turning down a portion 0 which is secured to the under side of the base-support a by means of bolts b. I

The projecting ledges c serve to prevent upward displacement of the rail and chute when buried in the road-bed, and the said road-bed is carried up to each end of the chute and against the sides to the grade-level shown at b in Figs. 3 and 4:.

At the inner end of the chute O, or that end located between the rails A, I provide a perforated plate 0 which serves to partly close that end of the chute and to prevent the roadbed washing through and filling up the chute, and said end plate 0 is herein shown as formed with flanges c, which are turned or bent back upon the side walls a c and secured thereto by means of rivets 0 This plate 0 serves as a wall against which the road-bed is packed and which, as stated, provents said road bed washing through the chute C, while the perforations permit the water to pass freely therethrough.

As heretofore stated, the base-support aextends continuously with the rails A, and said base-support is formed on its upper face with longitudinal ribs a, located at each side thereof, and the inner face or side of each of said ribs is inclined from the top of the rib downwardly toward the center of the base:

support a, and as a support for the rail A- and also for use as a rail-joint I provide angle-bars d d, which are secured one on each side of the rails A by means of bolts d, and the upper edge of each angle-bar d is shaped to fit snugly up against the under side of the head of the rails A, and the lower edge thereof rests against the inclined inner face of the.

ribs a. Thus it will be seen that any downward pressure on the rails A will operate to force the an gle-bar d more firmly against said rails.

As a means for securing the angle-bars d and rails A down upon the base-support a I provide an an gle-bolt e, the body of which lies against the under face of the base-support a and the threaded ends a e of which project up through holes a a formed through said base support a and through holes (1 0?, formed through the base of the angle-bars 01, down upon which base portion nuts 6 e hear.

The peculiar shape of the bolt e serves to draw the angle-bars d downwardly and inwardly, thus forcing said angle-bars inwardly against the rail A and downwardly against the base-support a.

It may be remarked here that the construction herein described enables me to construct an entirely metallic railroad system, and by the employment of the drain-chutes heretofore described and by sloping the grade-level from each rail toward the center of the track and from each rail outwardly I am enabled to produce a dry road-bed, and the life of the road is lengthened and the necessity of repair-sand readj ustments of the parts obviated to a great extent.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a structural support for railway systems, the rails and base-supports for each rail, combined with drain-chutes located at the union of the rails and forming supports for the rails and base-supports, and which drainchutes extend outwardly upon opposite sides 

